Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/AfricanPenguinNEAq

African Penguin at the New England Aquarium.

Reason: I believe this is a high quality picture of a penguin swimming. It meets the size requirement and is appealing to the eye. My only complaint about it would be the red tag on its wing, but that can be photoshoped out.
Articles this image appears in: African Penguin, New England Aquarium
Creator: Max Lieberman
Nominator: ZeWrestler ^Talk

Support — ZeWrestler ^Talk 15:20, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Weak Oppose. Great shot but the bright, saturated water distracts from the subject. Noclip 16:26, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Oppose Needs clipping to bring the subject larger (I think you mean "tag" not "rag", and it doesn't need removing, zoo penguins often have a tag) - Adrian Pingstone 16:45, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
- Opps, thanks for pointing that out. --ZeWrestler ^Talk 17:20, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Oppose Due to the water color and the light reflecting off of it, it's more difficult to focus on the subject. Also, there seems to be blurriness around the beak and the angle isn't the greatest. Nice shot, but probably not FP quality. Nilington 18:15, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Oppose The water distracts me from seeing the beauty of the core of the picture which is the penguin. --¿Why 1 9 9 1 ^{ESP. | Sign Here} 18:17, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Oppose in agreement to Why1991; it's a great picture, but the water is a bit too...err, dazzling, if you know what I mean. -- Alt iris Exeunt 04:50, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Oppose per A. Exeunt. sign here • HAPPY HOLIDAYS! — s d 3 1 4 1 5 ^π 14:58, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Oppose. I don't have a problem with the water, it's that the bird itself is a little unclear. enochlau (talk) 15:11, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Oppose. The problems this image faces are twofold. Firstly, it doesn't illustrate its subject very well. This could conceivably be solved by finding a topic it actually does describe well enough for featuring, though it may require some brain-wracking to come up with one. But while this'd help, I'm still not sure I'd support it. The red-eye of the penguin and the reflections of an overhead light at the top center really hurt the image. All in all, a good photograph, but not a feature-quality one. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 17:32, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Oppose is it just me or does the penguin have a red eye? Kind of looks scary, I don't mind the water color though. — Arjun 14:58, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Not promoted --KFP (talk | contribs) 16:36, 1 January 2007 (UTC)